The Trump team's menu of actions this week
has put more than 50,000 Haitians at risk,
considered importation of trophy elephant parts
and offered a side of killing Net Neutrality.

GOP is serving a whopping corporate giveaway,
seasoned with ANWR drilling,
& unraveling the ACA for dessert,
putting it all on the middle class's tab.

And while there are plenty of turkeys—
Franken & Conyers, Charlie Rose & Lasseter
--Roy Moore's still strutting in a close race
& Republicans save him a seat at the table.

From Trump's America to the #MeToo eruption,
this isn't your typical Thanksgiving meal.

But we can still be thankful
for the recent election results,
for women bravely speaking up,
for the ferocity of the Resistance
& for Americans of goodwill across the country
working to include everyone at our common feast.

Be grateful more than hateful,
share thanks, thoughts, drinks & laughs
at your local progressive social club.

The Republicans ran on Trump’s playbook
of race-baiting, xenophobia, division.
And had their clocks cleaned across Virginia
by a diverse delegate slate of dynamic Dems.

The first transgender state legislator in the U.S.
A Black Lieutenant Governor. A Democratic Socialist.
A woman sparked by a rep’s attack on the Women’s March.
A victim of gun violence taking down the NRA.

A Liberian refugee elected Mayor in Montana.
The twin cities elect St. Paul’s first Black Mayor
& two transgender City Council members in Minneapolis.

Trump blames the GOP for not embracing him.
The GOP freaks into panic mode on taxes
and some Republicans push for Dream.

In the end, Trump and the Republicans
ran campaigns on hate and division.
But in the end, voters rejected the haters
and proved: Virginia is for Lovers.

Share a lovely, lively, left-leaning toast
with like-minded liberals and libations
at your local progressive social club.

He may decertify the Iran diplomatic deal
and destabilize a critical framework for peace
while talking of the “calm before the storm,”
provoking North Korea, dismissing diplomacy,
and enabling our role in the war in Yemen.

The massacre in Las Vegas was horrific,
heart-wrenching and senseless.
But it wasn't surprising in a country that
answers bloodshed with "thoughts and prayers."

The dire scene in Puerto Rico is tragic,
frightening and maddening.
And made worse by a callous response,
and by the greed of vulture capitalists
who have crippled the island's economy.

And in DC, the GOP plans an assault
against our budget and working families
to give massive tax breaks to the 1%.
Infuriating, unnecessary, potentially devastating
and not shocking if you follow GOP politics.

When a crisis hits, we can mourn.
But as a crisis is made worse
by ignorance and inaction,
we have to organize.

If what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,
then we're doomed to repeat our history.

So let's all work to make sure that
what happened in Vegas can't stay in Vegas,
and not forget victims there,
the 3.4 million Americans of Puerto Rico
and everyone who'd lose out under a GOP agenda.

And let's get together with good friends
over good politics and good drinks
at your local progressive social club.

The Republican attempt to attack health care
was stopped YET AGAIN.
So Trump will sabotage it in other ways,
as the GOP moves on to tax breaks for the rich.

The devastation in Puerto Rico is heartbreaking,
an acute humanitarian crisis,
heightened by an insufficient response from D.C.
all worsened by an underlying economic crisis
created by vulture capitalists who keep circling.

Russian continues to interfere in our politics,
Facebook continues to fall short in its policies,
and the Trump team continues to try
to obstruct the Mueller investigation.

From terrible bills that will not die,
to long crises that won’t be addressed,
to bad behavior that goes unchecked,
it’s like we’re confronting zombie politics,
a persistent assault from an undead army.